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Basque cream cake with lemon

Basque cake with lemon cream

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The Basque cake: a shortcrust pastry base with butter and rum, filled with an almond, lemon, and vanilla custard, topped with a golden-brown layer and bak…

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Recipe from Pythie, JackPotte, DavidL and 4 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The almond and lemon tart is a traditional Basque dessert that is a delight for all palates. It is a simple yet delicious recipe.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Resting2 hr
  • Total2 hr 50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$5.06 $0.63 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

8 people
  • $0.44
  • $0.12
  • $0.55
  • $1.20
  • $0.28
  • $0.37
  • $1.54
  • $0.04
  • $0.17
  • $0.35

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mash 60g of butter with 100g of sugar. ≈ 4 min
  2. Add an egg, the rum, the oil, and half a packet of vanilla sugar, then mix well. ≈ 4 min
  3. Add 250g of flour and the yeast, and knead into a smooth dough. Let it rest in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
  4. Warm the milk. In a saucepan, combine the remaining vanilla sugar, almonds, 2 eggs, 60g of sugar, 25g of flour, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
  5. Once the milk is heated, pour it into the mixture while stirring, return it to the heat, and cook until it comes to a boil again. Remove from the heat and let it cool.
  6. Divide the dough into two unequal portions. Press the larger portion into the mold, then pour in the cream. ≈ 3 min
  7. Turn the cake over, cover it, and glaze with egg yolk. ≈ 4 min
  8. Bake in the oven at 180 °C for 20 minutes.

The bill

Basque cake with lemon cream

  • 275 g of flour$0.44
  • 160 grams of sugar$0.12
  • 60 g of butter$0.55
  • 3 eggs$1.20
  • 1 lemon$0.28
  • 40 g of almond flour$0.37
  • 8 cl of rum$1.54
  • 1 packet of vanilla sugar$0.04
  • 4 cl of oil$0.17
  • 1 egg yolk$0.35

Total$5.06

that's $0.63 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 275 g of flour
  • 1/4 liter of milk
  • 160 grams of sugar
  • 60 g of butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 lemon
  • 40 g of almond flour
  • 8 cl of rum
  • 1 packet of vanilla sugar
  • 4 cl of oil
  • Half a packet of yeast
  • 1 egg yolk

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